Budget blasts Medicaid plan
For 16 months, we have worked diligently with the governor, the General Assembly and the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a well-reasoned plan to reform our state’s Medicaid system... Read More
NC Spin Articles
NC House approves Senate changes to reading tests
North Carolina's General Assembly approved tweaks to state reading mandates for third-graders Thursday, and they now await approval from the governor. The House agreed Thursday to the Senate's changes... Read More
NC Senate votes out Common Core, McCrory says decision not a smart move
Gov. Pat McCrory said the Republican-driven bill to repeal the Common Core education standards “is not a smart move,” using his strongest language yet to warn against an effort pushed by... Read More
End doctor shortage
from an Editorial in Pittsburg Post-Gazette, published in Charlotte Observer, June 5, 2014. Two months ago, 412 medical school graduates learned they would not have a place in the residency programs... Read More
D-Day: Carolinians tell the story of a day like no other
It was a day of blind courage and resolve, a day like no other – before or since. In the gray of first light on June 6, 1944, 70 years ago today, Army medic Walter Dickens of Monroe prayed to... Read More
NC growth compares well
The debate about recent economic growth in North Carolina has a peculiar dynamic. Democrats who think President Barack Obama’s economic policies have succeeded are simultaneously claiming that the... Read More
House and Senate give tentative nod to Commerce reorganization
The state House and Senate on Thursday gave tentative approval to different versions of a bill designed to turn the marketing and job-recruitment functions carried out by the Department of Commerce to... Read More
Handcuffs, Gears and Ferris Wheels
The sound of handcuffs clicking onto more sit-in protesters echoes the grinding gears of North Carolina’s political machinery. Those shackled, disgruntled citizens apparently feel they have no... Read More
Possum tales
The Brasstown possum’s landed back in court. Up in the mountains, in Brasstown, there’s a gentleman who celebrates each New Year’s Eve by putting a possum in a box, suspending the box from... Read More
Off the party line
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, June 5, 2014. It’s not unusual to see a bill pass by a vote of 77-39 in the N.C. House of Representatives, where Republicans hold a 77-42 majority. But that’s... Read More
